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                    [Title] => Many are wrong about the 'Visayas Republic' initiative
                    [Summary] => There is an ongoing very high profile initiative to create a so-called " Visayas Republic " that will ostensibly swing into place if ever President Arroyo is removed by a mob in Manila instead of by lawful process as prescribed by the Constitution.


By the looks of it, and judging by the sound and fury that attended its launching, the " Visayas Republic " initiative is serious stuff. Virtually all governors in the Visayas and a good number of mayors are for it. There is thunder and lightning shaking the heavens, so to speak.


                    [DatePublished] => 2005-07-22 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 136063
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1382205
                    [AuthorName] => Jerry Tundag
                    [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion
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                    [Title] => The riveting rescue story of a businessman’s scion
                    [Summary] => Last Monday, Negrenses found themselves riveted for several hours to the search and rescue of Felix Yusay Jr., a 34-year-old scion of hotelier Felix Sr. and Tessie Yusay.


The young businessman disappeared while he was jet-skiing off Lakawon Island of Cadiz City at about 5:30 p.m. last Sunday. His equipment conked out and he drifted away for several hours toward Cebu’s Bantayan Island.


Heavy winds and waves pounded the young man and the current dragged him to deeper waters in the direction of Bantayan, the picturesque Cebu resort.


                    [DatePublished] => 2005-07-21 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 136001
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1771372
                    [AuthorName] => THE SOUTHERN BEAT By Rolly Espina
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                    [Title] => 'Visayas Republic' angay suportahan kini sumala ni Gob. Aumentado
                    [Summary] => BOHOL - Gibutyag ni Gobernador Erico Aumentado nga gikinahanglan gayod sa pagpaluyo sa kinabag-an nga katawhan kining ilang gitinguha karon nga pagtukod og Visayas Republic.


Matud pa ni Gobernador Aumentado nga usa kini ka seryuso nga lakang nga angayan paluyohan sa mga mulopyo sa Kabisay-an.


Si Aumentado miingon nga ang ilang tinguha nauyonan sa mga gobernador sa tibuok Kabisay-an.


Mao kini ang ilang gihimong hulga sa mga lider sa kaulohan nga nanawagan nga si Presidente Gloria Macapagal Arroyo angayan muluwat sa katungdanan.


                    [DatePublished] => 2005-07-21 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Pepe Sollano
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                    [Title] => Why we should invest in political reform
                    [Summary] => While the proposed creation of a Visayas Republic made a stir and hit the big news nationwide, it also got some flak from two people — our beloved eminence Ricardo Cardinal Vidal and Cebu  3rd District Rep. Antonio Yapha. If you recall, a few months back, three members of the House of Representatives including Rep. Yapha proposed to break up Cebu province into four separate provinces, namely, Cebu del Norte, Cebu del Sur, Cebu Occidental and the present Cebu province. This move was strongly opposed by Cebuanos, including Cardinal Vidal. 


                    [DatePublished] => 2005-07-20 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 134429
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1805274
                    [AuthorName] => Bobit S. Avila
                    [SectionName] => Nation
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                    [Title] => LETTER TO THE EDITOR - The proposed "Visayas Republic" vis-à-vis the parliamentary form of government
                    [Summary] => Upon my arrival in the Philippines almost six years ago, I heard a proposal for Cebu to secede from the Philippines as an independent nation. I'd no quarrel with it other than that secession could be a bloody one.


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                    [Title] => Aumentado slams critics of "Visayas Republic"
                    [Summary] => The president of the League of Provinces in the Philippines and Bohol governor Erico Aumentado yesterday defended the creation of a separate republic and said Visayas leaders are bent on pushing with the plan if President Arroyo was ousted.



Aumentado also hit critics of the proposed Visayas Republic for not looking at the proposal in its entirety. He said critics only focus on the proposal and ignore the conditions set by the proponents.



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                    [ColumnID] => 133272
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                    [Title] => Bintaha ang Cebu sa federalismo - Pabling
                    [Summary] => Dako kaayo  ang bintaha sa lalawigan sa Sugbo kun ikapatuman ang sistemang federal nga panggobyerno, matud pa ni kanhi Gobernador Pablo Garcia.

                    [DatePublished] => 2005-07-19 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1097699
                    [AuthorName] =>  Wen Celen
                    [SectionName] => Banat Balita
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                    [Title] => Visayas Republic is different from Sugbuak!
                    [Summary] => For tonight's guests on our talkshow in Straight from the Sky, we bring you the leaders of Cebu's business organizations to talk about the current political crisis from the point of view of businessmen; why they still support the Constitution and believe in the legitimacy of the Presidency of Pres. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. I'm sure we've all had our share of listening to the opposition politicians who've wanted the president to quit. Now it is time for us to listen to what our business leaders have to say. 


                    [DatePublished] => 2005-07-18 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 135522
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1805274
                    [AuthorName] => Bobit S. Avila
                    [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion
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                    [Title] => ‘Visayas Republic’ impossible, says Vidal’s spokesman
                    [Summary] => CEBU — The creation of a Visayas Republic, as envisioned by the political leaders of the three regions comprising the Visayas, is impossible, said Msgr. Achilles Dakay, spokesman of the Cebu Archdiocese.


Dakay said they have not yet discussed the matter with Ricardo Cardinal Vidal, but added that the Cebu Archdiocese will surely oppose the idea of creating another republic solely for the Visayas.


"We are one as a republic and one as a nation, why create another republic?" he said. 


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                    [ColumnID] => 133272
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                    [Title] => Sonny says Visayas Republic just a bluff
                    [Summary] => Former senator John "Sonny" Osmeña called the plan of the Visayas governors to create the Visayas Republic if President Gloria Arroyo is ousted through unconstitutional means a bluff.


He said the 13 Visayas governors do not have the capability to form a new republic because they do not have the armed component. He described the Visayas governors as members of the Malacañang cheering squad.


                    [DatePublished] => 2005-07-17 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1096948
                    [AuthorName] =>  Fred Languido
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VISAYAS REPUBLIC

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By the looks of it, and judging by the sound and fury that attended its launching, the " Visayas Republic " initiative is serious stuff. Virtually all governors in the Visayas and a good number of mayors are for it. There is thunder and lightning shaking the heavens, so to speak.


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                    [Summary] => Last Monday, Negrenses found themselves riveted for several hours to the search and rescue of Felix Yusay Jr., a 34-year-old scion of hotelier Felix Sr. and Tessie Yusay.


The young businessman disappeared while he was jet-skiing off Lakawon Island of Cadiz City at about 5:30 p.m. last Sunday. His equipment conked out and he drifted away for several hours toward Cebu’s Bantayan Island.


Heavy winds and waves pounded the young man and the current dragged him to deeper waters in the direction of Bantayan, the picturesque Cebu resort.


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                    [Title] => 'Visayas Republic' angay suportahan kini sumala ni Gob. Aumentado
                    [Summary] => BOHOL - Gibutyag ni Gobernador Erico Aumentado nga gikinahanglan gayod sa pagpaluyo sa kinabag-an nga katawhan kining ilang gitinguha karon nga pagtukod og Visayas Republic.


Matud pa ni Gobernador Aumentado nga usa kini ka seryuso nga lakang nga angayan paluyohan sa mga mulopyo sa Kabisay-an.


Si Aumentado miingon nga ang ilang tinguha nauyonan sa mga gobernador sa tibuok Kabisay-an.


Mao kini ang ilang gihimong hulga sa mga lider sa kaulohan nga nanawagan nga si Presidente Gloria Macapagal Arroyo angayan muluwat sa katungdanan.


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                    [Title] => Why we should invest in political reform
                    [Summary] => While the proposed creation of a Visayas Republic made a stir and hit the big news nationwide, it also got some flak from two people — our beloved eminence Ricardo Cardinal Vidal and Cebu  3rd District Rep. Antonio Yapha. If you recall, a few months back, three members of the House of Representatives including Rep. Yapha proposed to break up Cebu province into four separate provinces, namely, Cebu del Norte, Cebu del Sur, Cebu Occidental and the present Cebu province. This move was strongly opposed by Cebuanos, including Cardinal Vidal. 


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Aumentado also hit critics of the proposed Visayas Republic for not looking at the proposal in its entirety. He said critics only focus on the proposal and ignore the conditions set by the proponents.



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                    [Summary] => Dako kaayo  ang bintaha sa lalawigan sa Sugbo kun ikapatuman ang sistemang federal nga panggobyerno, matud pa ni kanhi Gobernador Pablo Garcia.

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                    [Title] => Visayas Republic is different from Sugbuak!
                    [Summary] => For tonight's guests on our talkshow in Straight from the Sky, we bring you the leaders of Cebu's business organizations to talk about the current political crisis from the point of view of businessmen; why they still support the Constitution and believe in the legitimacy of the Presidency of Pres. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. I'm sure we've all had our share of listening to the opposition politicians who've wanted the president to quit. Now it is time for us to listen to what our business leaders have to say. 


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Dakay said they have not yet discussed the matter with Ricardo Cardinal Vidal, but added that the Cebu Archdiocese will surely oppose the idea of creating another republic solely for the Visayas.


"We are one as a republic and one as a nation, why create another republic?" he said. 


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                    [Summary] => Former senator John "Sonny" Osmeña called the plan of the Visayas governors to create the Visayas Republic if President Gloria Arroyo is ousted through unconstitutional means a bluff.


He said the 13 Visayas governors do not have the capability to form a new republic because they do not have the armed component. He described the Visayas governors as members of the Malacañang cheering squad.


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